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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337893 | Preform feeder system, particularly of a receptacle blowing machine, comprising means for ejecting badly positioned preforms A preform feeder system, particularly for feeding blow machines with receptacles such as bottles, of the type including, from upstream to downstream in the longitudinal direction of travel of the preforms, at least one sorting and alignment device whose top end is p... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322458 | Orienting and feeding apparatus for manufacturing line Apparatus for orienting and feeding blow molded preforms which are elongated generally cylindrical plastic objects, one end of which is a threaded neck portion for the ultimate blow molded container, and the other end of which extends from the opposed end of the cyl... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318722 | Molded article conveyance apparatus Disclosed is a molded article conveyance apparatus (MACA) configured to convey a plurality of molded articles away a molding machine. The MACA includes a collection of row-dedicated queuing conveyors, wherein each row-dedicated queuing conveyor is configured to conv... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7299912 | Conveyor for bar or pipe A conveyor system for transporting a work piece from a beginning point to an end point in a longitudinal direction with at least one process step applied in between to such work piece is provided according to the invention. The work piece is propelled in the longitu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293639 | Case rotating system A case rotating system configured to rotate cases, such as boxes, in a case management system such that the cases are oriented in a consistent manner upon leaving the case rotating system. In at least one embodiment, the case rotating system may be configured to cau... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7232026 | Device for dividing a disorderly flow of cylindrical objects, for example drinks bottles, into several pathways The apparatus serves to distribute a random stream of items into several lanes in which the items are transported individually one after the other. The apparatus has a transport device for the items, wherein the transport device has one or more driven conveyor belts... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7104394 | Conveying apparatus with piezoelectric driver A conveying apparatus comprises an elongated conveying bed which includes a proximal end and a distal end. A support structure for the conveying bed accommodates vibratory motion of a portion of the conveying bed extending from the proximal end a substantial distanc... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7073656 | Method and apparatus for removing holes from nested product patterns Holes are removed from nested product patterns by conveying products on a conveyance mechanism (12) through an infeed section (14) in nested pattern streams (a1, a2, b1, b2), into a narrowing section (24) of a width l... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055672 | Baggage positioner for baggage conveyor A baggage positioner having a horizontal conveyor, a position sensor, a pair of positioning arms with bi-directional vertical belts and a positioning arm controller. Other sensors can be added to provide additional data for enhanced effectiveness. The vertical belts... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7004306 | Conveying apparatus with piezoelectric driver A conveying apparatus comprises an elongated conveying bed which includes a proximal end and a distal end. A support structure for the conveying bed accommodates vibratory motion of a portion of the conveying bed extending from the proximal end a substantial distanc... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6991086 | Bendable rolling conveyor guide Readily bendable rolling conveyor guides are provided. The guides include axle-positioning members having notches. The axle-positioning members slidably engage channels of a structural support member. A plurality of axles carrying rotatable elements and spacers are ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6974299 | Method and device for packing articles Collection assembly for collecting and stacking articles. The articles are first moved adjacent to one another with the aid of positioning elements. The positioning elements comprise the conveyor belt that extends obliquely with respect to the distribution conveyor ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968936 | System for supplying preforms in particular for a container blowing machine A system for supplying preforms, of the type including a hopper inclined relative to the horizontal and at the bottom of which are arranged two substantially parallel rollers driven in rotation about their respective axis, and wherein the preforms are delivered in b... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6811017 | Egg transfer apparatus with converging-diverging guides that facilitate even distribution of eggs on a moving conveyor An egg transfer apparatus is configured to distribute eggs substantially evenly with reduced breakage on a moving conveyor. The egg transfer apparatus includes a conveyor having opposite first and second ends, a pair of elongated members that extend along the direct... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6742649 | Non-horizontal conveyor for feeding objects A non-horizontal conveyor for feeding objects has a conveyor belt, a first pulley at a first end forming a loading area of the conveyor, and a second pulley at a second end forming a feeding area of the conveyor. The conveyor also has a conveyor cover having an uppe... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6666321 | Conveying unit for transferring a mass of cigarettes A conveying unit for transferring a mass of cigarettes includes a feed channel equipped with a conveyor by which cigarettes are made to flow along a given path and in a given direction toward the mouth of a hopper that forms part of a user unit. One secti... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6659264 | Feed conveyor system including an unscrambling and aligning portion A feed system that is adapted for feeding articles to a sortation system includes at least one feed conveyor upstream of the sortation system feeding articles to the sortation system. The feed conveyor includes a plurality of side rails extending from an ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6639961 | Nuclear fuel pellet loading method and machine for same An automated machine for loading nuclear reactor fuel, BP, or APSR pellets from small trays having rows of pellets into reactor rods of long length wherein the pellets are individually counted and loaded into rows of a loading tray according to the desire... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6568882 | Apparatus for conveying containers suspended by protruding neck rings The invention relates to the field of conveyors for containers of plastic, for example PET, with protruding neck rings. In particular, the apparatus (1) comprises a supporting structure (4) that mounts a track (5) which supports the containers by their ne... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6561340 | Rollered wall element, particularly for walls of product accumulation stations The present invention relates to a modular wall system for accumulation stations for conveying lines for products having a plurality of first and second components so that each of the first components have a face defined by a plurality of rollers, each on... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6253905 | Unscrambling and aligning conveyor An unscrambling and aligning conveyor comprises a plurality of tapered rollers attached to a pair of side supports. The tapered rollers are driven at a single speed and tapered to a minimum diameter to define an alignment region. The tapered rollers creat... | 07/03/2001 |
| 5934442 | Process for separating wires of a wire bundle In a process for separating wires of a wire bundle the latter is delivered onto feed plane (3) which is sloped in feed direction (3) so that it or the wires move under the action of gravity onto guide element (6) with a control gap. The control gap has a ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5803702 | Vision inspection system for double stacked packs An apparatus and process for the inspection, conveying, and optionally temporary storage of uniform packaged goods is described. The apparatus includes a singulating device which takes dual stacked goods and reduces the dual stack to a single line of good... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5746572 | Conveying apparatus and methods of use This invention pertains to removing a row or layer of material from a supporting surface, with the row or layer advancing on a removal conveyor in a line abreast, and converting the row or layer into a line, advancing single file. Apparatus and methods ar... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5605217 | Vacuum combiner and vacuum conveyor The invention provides both a vacuum combiner and vacuum conveyor for combining a plurality of lightweight containers arranged in a random order and width into a single row of containers, and moving the containers on a conveyor line to downstream workstat... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5415281 | High speed article unscrambler and aligner An article unscrambler and aligner is disclosed which receives articles of different sizes in random order and position, and using plural side-by-side lanes each of which lanes has driven article transport rollers at different speeds, which speeds are uni... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5318201 | Apparatus for agitating cigarette filters in a filter hopper An apparatus for agitating filters in a feed hopper from which the filters are fed pneumatically to a filter attaching machine. The hopper drive apparatus includes an independent drive and speed reducer mechanism that drives the filter agitators as long a... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5311979 | Vacuum combiner The invention provides a transport apparatus, or combiner, for transporting light-weight containers at high speed rates. The combiner includes one or more conveyor belt-type surfaces that have openings thereupon, a guide rail assembly, and a vacuum source... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5284236 | Stacked rubber tire separation-transport apparatus A stacked rubber tire separation-transport apparatus equipped with a low-speed discharge conveyor at the bottom of a rubber tire stack hopper with a discharge end section formed on a downward inclined discharge surface and with high-speed separation rolle... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5282525 | Product accumulator An article accumulator utilized between a product infeed line and a discharge conveyer feeds articles from the infeed to the discharge conveyer in a single, continuous line. The accumulator includes a wide horizontal moving conveyer belt that accumulates ... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5253765 | Sorting and grading system A system for sorting randomly oriented objects of various sizes based upon the size of the object includes a transport for conveying a series of objects from an input location to one of a plurality of output locations. An image system is disposed along th... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5248025 | Distribution cone feeding device A device to facilitate the feeding of a supply of parts from the flat central area of powered feeders to a predetermined exit point at the perimeter of the feeder. The device is comprised of the distribution cone and retaining means placed on and in the p... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5186307 | Transport device for removing interlocked preforms Preforms 1 for the manufacture of synthetic bottles are transported along a conveyor track 10 formed by two parallel slide-rails 11 arranged such that a perpendicular common to the two slide-rails is substantially horizontal. The preforms have heads 2 lar... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5186305 | Apparatus and methods for feeding container crowns and similar articles at high through-put rates The apparatus includes a generally circular table having a fence about its periphery, and is provided with a conveyor for feeding quantities of container crowns onto the table. The table is rotated so that the container crowns are moved outwardly against ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5183146 | Vial or ampoule infeed conveyor mechanism An infeed mechanism for delivering vials to be labeled to an infeed conveyor of a labeling machine and then to a timing screw of the labeling machine includes a vial separating screw having a vial exit end, a vial infeed belt for supporting and moving via... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5170879 | Single file conveyor system A conveyor is provided for producing a single file from a mass of articles comprising a conveyor surface, an article engager for engaging articles in the mass and transporting a single file of them off of the conveyor surface, and a guide rail mounted alo... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5160014 | Conveyor structure for the sidewall of a bottle combiner A conveyor structure for a sidewall of a bottle combiner. The sidewall having a top plate, bottom plate, and end plate to which are mounted two sets of roller bars at 45 degree angles to the top, bottom and end plates and at 90 degree angles to each other... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5147023 | Method and apparatus for converting a multi-row container into, a single row stream Method and installation for converting multi-track flow of containers into a single track flow, wherein an infeed conveyor is slanted relative to the horizontal plane, an intermediate conveyor is slanted at the same angle and so is a discharge conveyor. T... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5143200 | Guide wall module for ordering apparatus having rotator walls A guide wall for ordering apparatus for ordering a flow of randomly arranged cylindrical articles into a single file having a guide wall module composed of a plurality of rotators arranged for rotation on axles having ends extending beyond the rotator arr... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5141096 | Device for conveying piece goods A device for conveying piece goods to a transfer station is provided whereby the device has a drivable continuous conveyor belt with at least one endless guide belt that is provided parallel to a longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt. A guiding surf... | 08/25/1992 |
